Corpus Christi Day
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Corpus Christi Day, the 2nd June, a feast instituted in 1264 in honour of the Blessed Sacrament, and on which fairs and markets are prohibited by the still unrepealed 27 Hen. 6, c. 5, but which is omitted from the list of 'hollie daies' prescribed and limited by 5 & 6 Edw. 6, c. 2 By 32 Hen. 8, c. 21 [repealed by (English) Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1873], a full Trinity Term was directed to begin on the Friday next after Corpus Christi Day.
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